Dentists disk-holder



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MLLIAMBMILLER.

' UNITED* e STATES PATENT-{Orrlcm y WILLIAM B. MILLER, or ALTooNA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Dl-:NrlsTsyrDISK-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming'part of Letters-Patent No. 381,266, dated April 17', 1888.

, Appli-cation md August 31, 1am. sea1No.24s,a'a2 @No model.)

To all whom, it mag/concern: M y l Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. MILLER, a

citizen of the United States,.residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair, State of Pennsyl vanla, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dentists DiskHolders, .of

-which the following is a specitication,`refer ldifferent grades mixed, 'and are always readyA for use. Bymy arrangement,also, but one disk can be removed ata time.

Other objects and advantages o'f thelinven- 'tion will hereinafter appear, and the -Knovel features'thereof be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to tlredrawingsFigure 1 is a central vertical section of a disk-holder constructed Fig. 2 is a y in conformity with my invention. modification, and Fig. 3 a similarview of another modication. fFig. 4 is a plan of Fig. l; and Fig. 5, a perspectiveof Fig. 3, showing the manner'of connecting the keeper with the holder. v Like letters indicate like parts'in all the figures. f

In carrying out my invention I construct aI holder, A, of metal, paper, or wood, and provide the same with a base or bottom, B, made removable therefrom and secured therein by screw-threads, or, as shown in Fig. l, by means of pins B taking into a bayonet-slot,.A, in the holder A. If desired, however, the bottom `and holder may beformed integral.

lIn Fig. 1 I have shown `the bottom B pro-v vided wjth `a screw, B2, depending from its center, by which the device, or,in fact, several devices for different grades of disks, .may be secured to any ordinary support or bracket, X. The'top of the holderA isl provided with inwardly-disposed clips or'keepers A2, which prevent the disks from being forced without the same. A coiled spring, C, is seated within the holder A, and upon the same is a following-plate, wC.

upon the support.

is as follows: The ldevice being removed vfrom its support, the bottom B, spring C, and plate yC are also removed anda series of disksVD,

placed through said bottomwithin the holder A. The .parts are then returned to 'their vposition, the spring C being compressed, thebottom secured thereon, and the device screwed l The spring CV forces the disks to the top'of the holder until the top The operation of lling theholder'with disks f u disk bears against the under surface of 'the` keeper A. The underk surfaces of theykeep,`

ers are about the thickness of one disk above the upper surface or edge of the holder A, -by

which only one disk at a time may be slidfrom Vunder said keepers, thenext disk being pushed up to assume the position lately occupied by the precedingdisk just withdrawn.' p l In Fig. 2 I have shown a modification of my. invention, in which modicationI obviat'e the use of the spring O andsubstitutetherefora standard or bottom, B, adapted to enter the holder A, the weight of the holder 'being suf-l cient to drop the same by gravity as 'each successive disk is removed.' The operation of f this lmodification is at once apparent.'`

innig. a, whichy isanother modifieationjof' my invention, I obviate the necessity of. the removable bottom B, the support itself per-'- forming this function'. vIn this instance, also,

I provide the holderA with longitudinal slots A, through which project lugsl orpins Cifrom lthe follow-plate C.

be inserted from the top, the follower-plate and spring being compressed'by means of said By this means disks may lugs C. If desired, acord, C3, (see dotted lines,

Fig. 3,) may be` secured to the'plateC, passing through the bottom B, by which means the plate and spring maybe lowered for .the rel ception of the disk. Inthis modification, in n order ,toprovide means whereby the operation of filling and refilling -the holder is facili- 'tated, I provide a keeperring, A, having-the before described clips or keepers A2, saidring v being adapted to receive and snugly fit around the top: of the holder A, and ,is provided with internalpinsor lugs, A5, adapted to take'into bayonet-slots A?, formed in and nearthetop ofsaid holder.- y

Although my invention is shown and described as adapted for reception of dentists disks, it is apparent that it maybe used for other purposes-such as, for instance, holding coin, checks, tickets, poker-chips, stamps, 8m.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is 4 5 1. A device for the purpose specified, comprising a cylindrical body portion provided with clips at its upper end', a removable bottom, a spring seated therein, and afollowerplate mounted on the spring, substantially as 1o specified. A

2. In combination with a support, a diskholding device consisting of a bottom removably secured to said support, and a holder mounted on the bottom and provided with clips r 5 at its upper end, substantially as specified.

WILLIAM B. MILLER.

I Witnesses:

ALONZO D. HoUoK, M. L. MCCARTNEY. 

